Word Meanings - SPAREFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Sparing; chary. Fairfax. -- Spare"ful*ness, n. Sir P. Sidney.

Related words: (words related to SPAREFUL)

• SPAR-HUNG
  Hung with spar, as a cave.
• SPARPOIL
  To scatter; to spread; to disperse.
• SPARPIECE
  The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. Gwilt.
• CHARYBDIS
  A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.
• SPARSELY
  In a scattered or sparse manner.
• SPARKER
  A spark arrester.
• SPARROWWORT
  An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica .
• SPARKLING
  Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes. -- Spar"kling*ly, adv. -- Spar"kling*ness, n. Syn. -- Brilliant; shining. See Shining.
• SPARADRAP
  Any adhesive plaster. (more info) 1. A cerecloth.
• SPARK GAP
  The space filled with air or other dielectric between high potential terminals (as of an electrostatic machine, induction coil, or condenser), through which the discharge passes; the air gap of a jump spark.
• SPARKLER
  One who scatters; esp., one who scatters money; an improvident person.
• SPARADA
  A small California surf fish ; -- called also shiner.
• SPARGER
  A vessel with a perforated cover, for sprinkling with a liquid; a sprinkler.
• SPARTAN
  of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey. -- n.
• SPARSIM
  Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there.
• SPARGE
  To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.
• SPARLYRE
  The calf of the leg. Wyclif .
• SPARKLE
  1. A little spark; a scintillation. As fire is wont to quicken and go From a sparkle sprungen amiss, Till a city brent up is. Chaucer. The shock was sufficiently strong to strike out some sparkles of his fiery temper. Prescott. 2. Brilliancy;
• SPARHAWK
  The sparrow hawk.
• SPARAGE; SPARAGUS; SPARAGRASS
  Obs. or corrupt forms of Asparagus.
• DESPARPLE
  To scatter; to disparkle. Mandeville.
• FLUOR SPAR
  See FLUORITE
• TRANSPARENT
  transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
• OUTSPARKLE
  To exceed in sparkling.
• DISPARK
  1. To throw ; to treat as a common. The Gentiles were made to be God's people when the Jews' inclosure was disparked. Jer. Taylor. 2. To set at large; to release from inclosure. Till his free muse threw down the pale, And did at once dispark
• SHIVER-SPAR
  A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar.
• DISPARAGEMENT
  1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. And thought that match a foul disparagement. Spenser. 2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a
• DISPARATES
  Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other.
• ESPARTO
  A species of Spanish grass , of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper.
• ASPARAGUS
  A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural order Liliaceæ, and having erect much branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagus racemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers.
• FELSPAR; FELSPATH
  See FELDSPAR
• TRANSPARENCE
  The quality or state of being transparent; transparency.